Is it fair for a junior doctor’s deanery to be largely based on one test: a student’s perspective

Abstract

Shawmian Singagireson,1 Natalie Ramjeeawon,2 Saranya Ravindra,1 Neil Shah,1 Bharpoor Singh1 1Imperial College London, London, 2University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Abstract: The manner in which UK medical students are allocated foundation jobs is a controversial system. As medical students in the UK, we are subject to this system and have found students and junior doctors have varying opinions on it. Ultimately this led us to question, is this is a fair system? Keywords: job, allocation, SJT, finals, UK, studen